"Montreal's No Joy follow up their sophomore LP, Wait to Pleasure, with Pastel and Pass Out, a 12" to coincide with their European tour. Engineered by Jorge Elbrecht, the EP finds the trio shredding through a similar soundscape: striking a balance between the blistering walls of noise they're renowned for, with airy, expansive atmospherics that allow the songs to breathe and the melodies to seep through. Opener 'Last Boss' showcases this dynamic, with Jasamine White-Gluz's airy vocals dancing around the clear space of the verses, before the chorus' wall of pummeling guitars fill all voids. 'Starchild is Dead's' buzz-saw guitars ascend to a druggy, blissed-out peak, whilst 'Second Spine' might be the band's poppiest song yet: comparatively stripped back, allowing for the gorgeous melody and backing vocal coos to properly shine. 12" includes download code."

"Wait to Pleasure is the product of the Montreal noise-pop band's first foray in a fully-furnished studio environment. Here the band has flourished, delivering their finest set to date, rooted heavily in ripcurls and devastating melody, finishing sentences whispered long ago with depth, variance and force. Singer-guitarists Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd and drummer Garland Hastings knock down the fence between nostalgia and modernity, chaos and control, in a perfectly-realized effort made to bridge their uncompromised musical pasts with the alarmist tendencies of the present."

"Montreal's No Joy returns to Mexican Summer with Negaverse. Here is the moment in which the group's roots and influences grow inward, pushing Jasamine White, Laura Lloyd and Garland Hastings further back into the studio for five brand new songs which challenge the traditional rock band dynamic of their previous releases. Electronic drums and rhythmic loops accompany the live drums in a way that accentuates the presence of both roles, the soundtrack of life from indoors and on the road, riddled with heat and anxiety. From the blast of gnarled collage in opening track 'Junior' to the fortified wall of fuzz on closer 'Smiley Face,' it's abundantly clear that they are traveling back to a moment in music where things weren't as well-defined, before the label of 'shoegaze' was grafted onto the kind of punk-rooted noise that was intent on little more than making red glitter run out of your ears." Hand-numbered edition of 750 copies with download code.

"We could say a lot of things about the debut album from Montreal/LA ladies No Joy: that it builds upon the revitalization of shoegaze pop in recent times with a melodic fervor and angst that many of their contemporaries fail to capitalize on, that their records look and sound gorgeous, that there are moments on Ghost Blonde that match the challenges laid down by My Bloody Valentine and Lush years ago. We could say those things, but then what would the bloggers think? Probably the same. Oh well. We said it. Killer record from a band to be reckoned with. Ten new songs that'll singe your eyelashes off." Hand-numbered limited edition of 2000 copies.